Memorial for beloved goat
New tenant chosen at waterfront spot
Brodie Cowburn
A NEW tenant for the former home of Sofia’s restaurant on the Frankston Waterfront has been chosen.
After an expression of interest process, Frankston councillors last week confirmed that Ecco would be offered the waterfront location. They will be
presented with a 16-year lease to operate a restaurant.
Ecco Enterprises Group has established more than 60 cafes and restaurants statewide, including Code Black Coffee Roasters in Melbourne, No. 100 wine bar in Flinders Lane, Henry & Co, Ma Long Kitchen & Dumplings, and the Prince Alfred Hotel in Carlton.
The first year of Ecco’s proposed lease will be rent-free after fit-out
works are undertaken. The cost for the next 15 years will be $125,000 plus GST per annum, with a fixed annual increment of 3 percent.
The motion agreed to by Frankston councillors last week read that the CEO will finalise the lease if no opposing submissions to the arrangement are made.
A report prepared by council officers read “the current premises was con-
structed by the former head tenant in 2003. After 22 years, it now presents as tired and uninviting.”
“Ten submissions were received in response to the EOI and thoroughly evaluated,” the report read. “The recommended tenant is Ecco Unit Trust (or their nominated entity), who has proposed a multi-venue offering, which includes a mediterranean style dining experience with an outdoor bar,
and a fish and chip shop.
“The proposed fit out will be undertaken and financed by the proposed tenant. A ‘rent free’ period whilst fitout works take place, plus an additional ‘rent-free’ period of 12 months once the lease commences offsets council’s requirement to financially subsidise the commercial fit out which is conservatively estimated to cost between $3 and $4 million.”
A MURAL of Victor The Goat now overlooks Olivers Hill.
Victor (pictured above) was a famous face in Frankston, and often welcomed visitors at his Olivers Hill home. He died in January.
A mural memorialising the local legend has been painted by artist Sheldon Headspeath. Pictures: Gary Sissons, above supplied
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Cash splash for shared path
THE federal government will spend more than $900,000 on a new shared path on Towerhill Road in Frankston South.
The $923,650 project will “upgrade existing infrastructure to enhance safety by providing dedicated paths to enable cyclists to avoid the busy roadway”, a federal government statement read.
Federal infrastructure minister Catherine King said the federal government is spending $21 million across 19 cycling and walking projects statewide. “From
Melbourne to the Yarra Ranges, we’re investing in active transport options right across Victoria to shape the way locals and visitors move around our great towns,” she said.
“Whether you’re on a motor scooter, pushing a pram, walking or cycling, we’re making it easier for people to get to school, work or local services, without having to jump in the car.
“This is about so much more than bike lanes and footpaths, it’s about reshaping our cities and regional centres, connect-
ing our everyday places, and making our towns better to live in and easier to visit.”
Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea said “the Albanese Labor Government is investing in our community, building a more connected Frankston. We’re making it easier for families and students to get around Frankston safely.”
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Call for major events
FRANKSTON Council is offering money to bring major events into Frankston.
Council’s 2025/2026 “destination event attraction program” grants are now open. Through the program, promoters can receive in-kind support to stage festivals and other large-scale events.
Last year, council spent money on staging End of the Line Frankston, The Carlsberg Beach Club, the Australian Sand Sculpting Championships (pictured above), and the Frankston Swim Classic. Frankston councillor David Asker said “the destination event attraction program is more than just supporting great events—it’s about driving economic growth, creating jobs, and ensuring that the benefits of tourism are felt throughout our local economy.
“Frankston’s diverse cultural and natural assets, combined with strategic event support, allow us to con-
tinue driving economic prosperity through tourism and local partnerships.”
Three tiers of events are eligible for council funding. For more information visit frankston.vic.gov.au/ Things-To-Do/Get-Involved/Destination-Event-Attraction-Program
SE Water grants open
GRANTS of up to $10,000 are now on offer through South East Water’s annual community grant program.
South East Water managing director Lara Olsen said “last year we were thrilled to award $140,000 to 22 community groups across a range of community and environmental projects. If your community group is within our service area and needs support for a project, I encourage you to apply now for a 2025 community grant.”
Applications close 21 March. To apply visit southeastwater.com.au/ grants
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the Colours of Culture Carnival!
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THE 2 March 2025 is a day you won’t want to miss. From 11am onwards, join in at 256 Hutton Road, Keysborough, for an electrifying celebration that brings the community together like never before. And the best part, entry is absolutely free.
Prepare to be swept away by a whirlwind of colour, flavour, and excitement to celebrate the incredible diversity that makes our community so special. Savor mouthwatering dishes from around the globe at our bustling food stalls, and explore vibrant market stands featuring unique handcrafted goods and local treasures. Kids will be in for a treat with a delightful arts & crafts corner and fabulous face painting to let their imaginations soar. Thrill-seekers, brace yourselves for adrenaline-pumping rides like the Chacha, Hurricane, Freestyle 180, Dodgem Cars, Cup and Saucer, and so much more. For a
gentler pace, enjoy pony rides and get up close with friendly farm animals — perfect for kids and animal lovers alike!
But that’s not all! The stage will be alive with show-stopping performances from talented local artists and cultural groups. Expect surprise appearances and electrifying entertainment that will keep the whole family engaged and cheering all day long.
The Colours of Culture Carnival is more than just a day of fun; it’s a celebration of unity, diversity, and community spirit. Bring your friends, family, and neighbours as we come together to embrace our differences and make lasting memories.
Mark your calendars, spread the word, and get ready for an unforgettable day. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
FRANKSTON councillor Brad Hill, MPs Jodie Belyea and Catherine King, and the mayor Kris Bolam. Picture: Supplied
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Baby dies in Skye
A BABY has died at a Skye family day care centre. Emergency services were called to the Skye day care on Wednesday afternoon, 19 February. The infant could not be revived.
In a statement, Victoria Police confirmed that it is investigating the death. It is not being treated as suspicious.
“Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of an infant at a family day care facility in Skye,” the police statement read. “An investigation into the circumstances is ongoing but the death is not being treated as suspicious.”
Bus stolen
TWO men have been arrested for allegedly stealing a passenger bus in Seaford last week.
Police allege the two men used bolt cutters to break into a Milne Avenue storage yard at around 7.30pm on 20 February. Police say they soon spotted the decommissioned bus on Bardia Avenue alongside a 2010 Holden Colorado ute.
Police pulled over the vehicles and arrested two people - a 43-year-old
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man from Dandenong and a 34-yearold man from Seaford were each charged with theft of motor vehicle, possess drugs and unlicensed driving. They were bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 26 March.
Teens arrested
THREE teenagers have been charged after allegedly dumping a stolen car in Frankston.
Police allege the car was stolen from a home on Bass Meadows Boulevard, St Andrews Beach, a little after midnight on 16 February. Police spotted the allegedly stolen blue Genesis G70 sedan 15 minutes later on Boneo Road in Rosebud, driving alongside another car.
Police followed the two cars towards the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. The Genesis was abandoned at Baxter Park in Frankston South.
The police helicopter continued to track the other car, a Kia Cerato. Police allege it was driven more than 200 kmph on the wrong side of Moorooduc Highway.
The Kia was dumped in Plover Close and the occupants fled, police say. Police arrested two boys, aged 14 and 15-years-old, and a 17-year-old girl
The trio were each charged with theft of a motor vehicle and bailed to appear before a children’s court at a later date.
Police are still looking for two people who allegedly fled from the vehicle earlier. They allege the Kia was stolen from Waterways on 13 February.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Man missing
A MAN who went missing last week may have been at Frankston Station within the hour of his disappearance.
Dingley Village man Jack was last seen at Charman Road in Cheltenham at about 11.30am on Wednesday, 19 February. In a statement, Victoria Police said “Jack is known to frequent public transport and investigators believe he may have been at Frankston Railway Station within an hour from when he was last seen.”
Police say that the disappearance is out of character. They describe the missing man as 22-years-old.
“Jack is Caucasian, about 165cm tall with a thin-medium build, black straight hair, wears corrective glasses and has a crooked front tooth. He was last seen wearing black track pants with zip pockets, a t-shift, thin polyester jacket and black and white runners,” Victoria Police said.
Images of Jack have been released by investigators (below). Anyone who sees him can call 000 or Moorabbin Police Station on 9556 6565
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Fundraiser for life-saving machines
FUNDRAISING by the Blue Ribbon Foundation is underway to purchase two new life support machines for Peninsula Health.
The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines cost $300,000. The new machines will be installed at the redeveloped Frankston Hospital.
The machines offer temporary life-support for patients with severe or acute respiratory and cardiac failure. The Frankston E.C.M.O Unit is expected to be named in memory of the four police officers killed on the Eastern Freeway in 2020: Lynette Taylor, Kevin King, Joshua Prestney, and Glen Humphris.
Blue Ribbon Foundation CEO
Neil Soullier said “we can do nothing to bring these members back but we can ensure that their sacrifice will be honoured in a way that recognises more how they lived, rather than how they died – serving the community and helping to save lives.”
“So many Victorians wrapped their arms around the families of these members and their police force in support of the families and we’re now appealing to the public and corporate donors to assist us in funding this very special, life-saving project that will stand as a ‘living memorial’ to Lynette, Kevin, Joshua and Glen,” he said.
“The Peninsula Branch of Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation committed to installing E.C.M.O at Frankston Hospital some time ago, with about one third of the funds already raised. But in order to complete the planned roll out of this
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life-saving service for all Victorians we have now launched a major appeal across Melbourne and Victoria in an effort to complete the funding to have the E.C.M.O Unit operational in time for the opening of the new
Frankston Hospital.”
To donate visit remember.org.au/ donate
AN E.C.M.O. machine in use. Picture: Supplied
A celebration of country life
EXCITEMENT is building for the 97th Red Hill Show, Saturday 8th March 2025 at Red Hill Recreation Reserve and Showgrounds! This much-loved event brings together families, farmers, artisans, and competitors for a day packed with tradition and excitement. From the moment the gates swing open, the showgrounds will be a hive of activity. Champion livestock competitions will be in full swing—cattle, alpacas, poultry and sheep - are proudly on display, showcasing the dedication of our local exhibitors.
And of course, no Red Hill Show would be complete without the thrilling woodchop competition - a crowd favourite where strength, skill, and sawdust fly! Meanwhile, the kids’ zone will be bursting with adorable animals, face painting, and carnival rides guaranteed to bring smiles all around.
The Mornington Peninsula Produce (MP) Paddock kicks off at 8:30 AM, offering the very best in local produce, coffee, and gourmet delights. Be sure to catch live Pavlova and Apple Pie Judging, Golden Sausage Award plus much more on the Mornington Peninsula Produce Stage hosted by Food writer Richard Cornish. But beyond the entertainment, the Red Hill Show is about community. It’s a place to reconnect, celebrate local talent, and embrace the rural heritage that makes the Mornington Peninsula so special.
So, mark your calendars, gather your crew, and don’t miss out on a spectacular day of country charm, family fun, and unforgettable moments at the Red Hill Show! For more information visit www.redhillshow. com.au.
Sages Cottage Nursery opens doors
SAGES Cottage in Baxter has launched its own nursery for locally grown plants and products.
The Baxter cottage hosts people living with disabilities, and allows them to gain work experience and build their skills.
Sages Cottage client Callum is among the workers at the new nursery - he said it is an “amazing opportunity for everyone.”
“I’m excited, ecstatic, happy— all the
emotions. I want it to do well. I’m excited about the plants going inside the nursery,” he said.
Sages Cottages CEO Phil HayesBrown said “Sages’ new farm gate shop will provide more work opportunities for clients as well as create more funds which directly go back to the farm.
“One of many highlights of opening day was the debut of the tagline created by a Wallara client - Smile, you’re at Sages.”
LUCY, Maddy, Chloe and Nathan (L to R) open the new nursery at Sages Cottage in Baxter. Picture: Supplied
Welcome TO THE WORLD
Parents: Jaime & Ben
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Birth weight: 3590gms
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Parents: Kate
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Parents: Shannon & Peter-John
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Parents: Bree & Brodie
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Golf club’s clash with council continues
ROSSDALE Golf Club barred Kingston Council officers from entering the site to conduct an environmental audit last week.
In July 2024, Rossdale Golf Club released plans to redevelop its Aspendale golf course. The plans showed large sections of the golf course replaced with housing of up to three storeys.
Kingston Council has previously called for the redevelopment plans to be halted, and this month declared it would use its powers to enter the golf course for survey work (“Tension tees up with Rossdale” The Times 19/2/2025).
The relationship between Kingston Council and Rossdale Golf Club has seemingly grown further strained. Last week Kingston Council put out a statement claiming that the golf club has denied entry to council experts.
“Last week, the club permitted our arborist to enter the site, allowing an important first step in the environmental assessment process. However, this week they denied entry to our experts,” the council statement read. “The club has stated that they do not agree that council has the legal authority to enter the site.”
Rossdale Golf Club president Geoff Charnley has blamed Kingston Council for the disagreement, claiming the club was not given enough notice before the planned visit.
“Members will recall that last week council and its representatives were given access for an initial review on our course. Following that, council
then demanded access to begin broad investigations involving many people on very short notice of less than one workday. They were denied access on the basis that the club was very busy and there had been no planning or preparation completed for the safe and convenient access to our site,” Charnley said.
“We can now report to members that we will now be working with council to coordinate future access to the course so that their surveys can be fully and safely completed at a time suitable for the club. This is consistent with earlier offers that have been made by the club to council and previously rejected.
“While exact details have yet to be confirmed, it is likely that the surveys will be scheduled around busy use periods on the course. This will also give time to ensure that the council’s consultants have had a safety and operations induction prior to going on the course and that the appropriate insurances and site safety plans are in place.”
Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley has called for the club to work with council in the future. “We are deeply concerned that further delays to this assessment could mean missing critical environmental data, particularly during the important international bird migration season,” she said.
“The club previously allowed our arborist access, and we call on the club to do the right thing and allow our experts to continue this vital work.”
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‘Youth crime out of control’: residents protest outside MP’s office
Brendan Rees brendan@baysidenews.com.au
A RECENT spate of youth crime across the peninsula has pushed fed up residents to the brink, with a protest held outside the Somerville office of Hastings MP Paul Mercurio on Friday afternoon, 21 February.
The small group of demonstrators were calling for immediate action to address the rising concerns surrounding youth crime in the community.
Holding placards emblazoned with messages like “End violence”, “Enough is enough”, and “Tough laws, safer streets”, the protestors, a mix of concerned residents, stood united in their demand for changes aimed at curbing the surge in criminal activity in the area.
The peaceful protest saw a small police presence as officers set up witches’ hats around Mercurio’s office. Three police cars were there while other unmarked police cars were also seen patrolling the area.
Organiser Rowan May voiced frustation that current efforts to combat youth crime had not been enough.
“It’s certainly atrocious the way it is,’ he told The Times
“They (youth) just go out and they get bail and commit the same offence yet again, over and over and over again ... and now they’re targeting in-
nocent business owners.”
May, a Hastings resident, maintained that police “were doing their best” but took aim at the state government and Mercurio - whom he pointed did not “send a representative” on his behalf to be at the protest- for not delivering safer outcomes for the community.
Over the past few months, peninsula residents have witnessed a string of incidents including aggravated burglaries, anti-social behaviour, theft, and vandalism. This included youths alleg-
edly using fake firearms outside Target at Somerville shopping centre, one pointed at a woman carrying a child.
Last week there were a string of crimes in Hastings believed attributable to youths including smashed windows in High St, Hastings, including Carpet Court which was reportedly smashed by two kids on a monkey bike; five smashed car windows; two mobile scooters stolen from a mobility shop; and an e-bike stolen from a private property in Hastings.
A burglary also occurred at a supermarket and a car was smashed and stolen on Spring St, while staff were also abused at a McDonald’s restaurant, in which a youth aged between 12 to 14 yelled and threw chairs outside the playground entry, causing a door to jam.
Another resident reported their son’s car being stolen which was essential for work.
In other incidents, bus shelters have been graffitied along Hodgins Rd and two ATMs were damaged earlier this month at the Commonwealth Bank while a pizza shop was also damaged.
In a statement, Mercurio said he supported the community’s right to protest, but confirmed he wouldn’t be able to attend due to another commitment that was organised four months ago.
“I have extended an invitation to the organiser of the protest, and others, to meet with me to discuss the community’s concerns, an offer that to date has not been accepted,” he said.
“Everyone has the right to live and work safely and anyone who endangers that right must feel the consequences”, he said, adding he was pleased the state government had listened to the community’s concerns about bail laws.
But he added, “It is clear we need to go even further when there are still too
many Victorians who don’t feel safe”.
“The Premier has asked the Attorney-General and the Minister for police to review our current laws, including bail laws.”
Mercurio said he was in regular contact with the local police including since the incident in Somerville earlier this month, noting police did a “fantastic job supporting our community”.
Victoria Police Mornington Peninsula Local Area Commander Inspector Terry Rowlands said crimes committed by children and youths “continue to be a significant issue across Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs” and police were “doing all we can to keep the community safe”.
“Young offenders continue to be overrepresented in crimes such as home burglaries and car thefts,” he said.
“We have also seen the Mornington Peninsula targeted in recent weeks, with opportunistic offenders preying upon unlocked properties.”
Rowlands said Operation Trinity ran across the south-east every night from dusk to dawn, specifically targeting burglars and car thieves.
Shadow Police Minister David Southwick said locals in Hastings had “every right to be fed up with Labor’s repeated failure to deal with the young crime crisis their own mismanagement has caused”.
Fisheries office closure sparks concern of weak compliance
VICTORIA’S fisheries department is proposing to close its Mornington station and replace it with a “community office” in Carrum under a new model stakeholder groups fear would lead to weaker compliance and increased illegal fishing.
The community hub would be “education only”, according to the Community and Public Sector Union (CSPU), with nine engagement officers to serve the whole Port Phillip and Western Port Bay areas, resulting in a 66 per cent staff reduction.
A Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) has not made a formal announcement on the changes. Instead, a spokesperson said in a statement its future was “focused on education and engaging the community with fishing, and some workforce changes have been proposed to reflect this”.
“Our workforce will focus on keeping compliance levels high, and on major fishing crime, while
working closely with the community to provide them the education and resources they need to fish responsibly,” the spokesperson said.
The CPSU said along with the Mornington station, fisheries offices at Cowes, Braeside, Altona North and Queenscliff are also proposed to be closed.
The VFA did however confirm a new community office was planned for Carrum with new offices also planned for Tooradin and St Leonards. Fisheries officers would still operate around Port Phillip and Western Port.
All changes are proposed at this stage with no plans having been finalised.
According to the CPSU, 73 fisheries officer positions throughout the state would be replaced with 36 engagement officer positions.
The VFA did not specify any reasons as to why it was making the sudden changes nor whether it was under pressure to meet any state government funding cuts, only that
“we’re confident our new operating model means fishing in Victoria will be as good into the future as it is today”.
The spokesperson also noted they were consulting with employees and the union on workforce changes and would provide “all staff with the support they need through this period”.
It would also continue to “provide the resources, services and education the fishing community needs, as required by legislation”.
But the controversial move has alarmed stakeholder groups and the CPCU that it would reduce the region’s capacity to enforce fisheries regulations.
“This proposal raises huge safety concerns for our members who will be forced to work one up in situations that can become unsafe very quickly,” the CPSU’s acting branch secretary Wayne Townsend said in a statement.
Townsend added fisheries officers were already operating at 30
per cent vacancy rate which was below the 10 per cent cut,” adding it was a “fictitious view” that compliance rates were high and needed no maintenance going forward.
Overall Townsend said significant risks included an increase in noncompliance leading to the “destruction” of the aquatic environment, no protection for marine national parks and sanctuaries, and an “obliteration of a proud branch that has serviced the Victorian community for generations”.
Advocacy group Protect Victorian Fisheries has launched a change.org petition, which has garnered more than 6000 signatures calling for the reinstatement of fisheries officers, stopping the closure of stations, and protecting fish stocks for future generations.
The Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) warned the proposed cuts would leave the state’s marine parks and wildlife “virtually unprotected and vulnerable to widespread illegal fishing”.
PROTEST organiser Rowan May with protesters outside Hastings MP Paul Mercurio’s office on Friday 21 February. Picture: Gary Sissons
SNAPPER Point Angling Club president Russell Sheppard has concerns about the proposed closure of the Mornington fisheries office. Picture: Gary Sissons
The Guide
TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK
FRIDAY
UNDER THE VINES
ABC TV, 8.30pm
THURSDAY BOILING POINT
SBS, 9.30pm
The title of this nail-biting British drama ought to give some indication of the tensions within: like the 2021 one-shot film it follows on from, this is an incredibly stressful viewing experience. Set six months after the events of the movie, the kitchen-based drama takes place in Point North – the fine-dining establishment opened by former sous-chef Carly (Vinette Robinson, pictured) after the closure of Jones & Sons. The high-pressure working environment makes a MasterChef finale look like child’s play.
Set in idyllic New Zealand, this third season of the sunny dramedy sees newcomer William (Mark Mitchinson) ruffling feathers. Charles Edwards and Rebecca Gibney (pictured) are ripe with feel-good warmth as step-cousins Louis and Daisy, now running their inherited Oakley Wines vineyard together. However, as Daisy readies to marry again, the duo must focus on ousting self-declared heir William to save their shared love: the winery.
Thursday, February 27
ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SATURDAY
CHERIE BARBER’S TINY HOME
NINE, 4pm
It would be easy to suspect that Australia’s renovation queen Cherie Barber (pictured) has more hours in the day than the average human. In this new series, Barber tackles her biggest challenge yet: overhauling a run-down, 18 square metre studio apartment in Sydney’s Balmain, purchased for just $260,000. You won’t believe your eyes when you see all that Barber and co. can fit into a space approximately the size of a single-car garage.
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NINE (9) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 11.10 The Role Of A Lifetime. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Newsreader. (Mal, R) 2.00 Miniseries: In Our Blood. (Final, Mal, R) 3.00 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads: Great Keppel, Queensland.
8.30 Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris To Istanbul: Salzburg And Vienna. (PGn) Comedian Sue Perkins visits Salzburg. 9.20 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (Return, PG)
10.05 The Role Of A Lifetime. (PG, R) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. (R) 11.30 Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian. (Mls, R) 12.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 1.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up. (R) 9.05 Destination Flavour. 9.15 Legacy List. 9.45 Victorian House Of Arts And Crafts. 10.55 South Africa From Above. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Abyss: The Rise And Fall Of The Nazis. (PGa, R) 3.00 Shepherdess. (PG, R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Ancient Superstructures. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Finding Your Roots: Hold The Laughter. (PG) 8.30 Scotland’s Poshest Train: Alan Cumming. (PG) Alan Cumming’s trip continues. 9.30 Boiling Point. (Premiere)
A head chef runs a new restaurant. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Golden Boy. (Mlns) 11.55 Blackport. (MA15+s, R) 1.50 Earth’s Natural Wonders. (PG, R) 2.55 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Curious Caterer: Forbidden Fruit. (2024, Mav) Nikki Deloach. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Abigail is shaken by a lack of trust. 8.30 MOVIE: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. (2018, PGs, R) A young woman deals with a series of challenges threatening to derail the reopening of her family hotel, Bella Donna, while learning more about the free-spirited life of her late mother. Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep. 10.50 To Be Advised.
12.30 Damnation. (MA15+asv)
1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
SUNDAY THE NEWSREADER
ABC TV, 8.30pm
There’s lights, cameras and plenty of action as Australia’s favourite fictional newsreaders leave it all on the table before we bid farewell to the stellar, cinematic drama next week. Three seasons’ worth of secrets and personal struggles explode tonight after threatened News at Six boss Lindsay (William McInnes) takes
spirals under the pressure
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sets the scene for an
Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Travel Guides. (PGl, R) The travel guides head to Los Angeles. 9.00 MOVIE: The Hangover. (2009, MA15+lnsv, R) Three friends wake up after a buck’s night and realise the groom is missing. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms.
11.00 9News Late.
11.30 First On Scene. (MA15+a)
11.55 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.45 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Gogglebox Australia. (s) Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by guests including Robert De Niro,
Friday, February 28
ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30
Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 11.05 The Newsreader. (Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.
1.00 Silent Witness. (Final, Ma, R) 2.55 Simply Nigella. (R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)
5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. (Return)
8.30 Under The Vines. (Return, PG) Daisy plans her wedding. 9.15 Optics. (Ml, R) Greta and Nicole get a board meeting date.
9.45 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.
10.20 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)
10.50 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) (PG, R)
11.35 ABC Late News. 11.50 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.25 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up. (R) 9.05 Destination Flavour. 9.15 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 9.50 Victorian House Of Arts And Crafts. 11.00 The Story Of Ramadan. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King. (PGa, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Ancient Superstructures. (R) 5.05
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 James May: Our Man In Italy: House Of Pain. (M)
8.30 Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines: Artificial Intelligence. (R) Tony Robinson explores AI.
9.20 Mysteries Of The Ancient Dead: Vikings, Inca, Tel Banat. (PG) Looks at Jell Mound in Gjellstad, Norway. 10.15 SBS World News Late.
10.45 Bonn. (Msv) 11.45 Sisi. (MA15+s, R) 2.40 Earth’s Natural Wonders. (Final, PG, R) 3.45 Employable Me (UK) (Mal, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs meets up with Nicole Maguire.
8.30 MOVIE: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody. (2022, Mdl) An exploration of the life and music of singer Whitney Houston, chronicling her journey from obscurity to superstardom. Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders. 11.30 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing.
12.00 To Be Advised.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Surf Patrol. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender.
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6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 David Attenborough’s Mammals: Water. (PG) Looks at how air-breathing mammals live in water.
8.40 MOVIE: Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. (2021, MA15+lv, R) A bodyguard and a hitman work together. Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek.
11.00 MOVIE: Lions For Lambs. (2007, Mlv, R)
12.45 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Wheel Of Fortune UK. Game show. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Malv, R) Graham Norton is joined on the red couch by comedian Kevin Hart and actors Jodie Comer, Sofia Vergara and Alan Cumming. English singer-songwriter Tom Odell performs his single BlackFriday 10.50 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.15 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 1.25pm Question Team. 2.20 Fanatics: The Deep End. 2.50 The Inside Story. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 If You Are The One. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 NITV News Update. 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 100 Vaginas. 9.30 Secrets Of Playboy. (Return) 11.15 Pose. 1.10am Hells Angels: Kingdom Come. 2.05 QAnon: The Search For Q. 2.55 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.20pm Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Teen Titans Go! 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Final Countdown. Continued. (1980, PG) 7.05 Sometimes Always Never. (2018, PG) 8.45 Skies Of Lebanon. (2020, PG, Italian) 10.30 A Most Wanted Man. (2014, M) 12.45pm Dog Day Afternoon. (1975, M) 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.30 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 5.50 Mr Holland’s Opus. (1995, PG) 8.30 All The President’s Men. (1976, M) 11.05 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm No Ordinary Black. 2.00 The Casketeers. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Nanny Tuta. 3.10 Eddie’s Lil’ Homies. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 9.05 MOVIE: Big Momma’s House. (2000, M) 10.50 Late Programs. NITV (34)
Saturday, March 1
ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 1.30 Optics. (Ml, R) 2.00 Under The Vines. (PG, R) 2.45 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 3.35 The Role Of A Lifetime. (PG, R) 4.30 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. (PG, R) 5.30 Landline. (R)
6.00 Australian Story: Second Innings – Bharat Sundaresan. (R) Leigh Sales chats to Bharat Sundaresan. 6.30 Back Roads: Great Keppel, Queensland. (R) Heather Ewart visits Great Keppel Island.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025. Coverage of Australia’s largest celebration of diverse LGBTQIA+ communities from Sydney.
10.30 The Newsreader. (Mal, R) Rob makes a controversial comment on air. 11.25 Unforgotten. (Mal, R) Sunny and Jess struggle to focus on the case. 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Love Your Home And Garden. (R) 10.00 The World From Above. (R) 11.00 BBC News At Ten. 11.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 12.00 PBS NewsHour. 1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 1. Day 1. 5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (R) 5.30 Hitler: Decoding A Dictator. (Premiere)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 The Wonders Of Europe: The Sacre-Coeur. (Return) 8.35 Queen Camilla: The Wicked Stepmother. Looks at the story of Queen Camilla. 9.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro: Bondi Coastal Walk. (PGal, R) Julia Zemiro heads to Bondi Beach. 10.25 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 11.25 Suspect. (MA15+av, R) 3.20 Australia Uncovered: Our African Roots. (PGa, R) 4.20 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Verry Elleegant Stakes Day and Australian Guineas Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A mystery bag contains a massive concealment.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A backpack catches the attention of officers.
7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012, Mav, R) A secret agent is hunted by the government. Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz.
10.15 MOVIE: Green Zone. (2010, Malv, R) A rogue military officer uncovers a conspiracy. Matt Damon. 12.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PGa, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)
6.00 The Garden Gurus. (R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 My Way. (R) 1.00 Let’s Eat With George. 1.30 Your Next Cruise. 2.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R) 3.00 David Attenborough’s Mammals. (PG, R) 4.00 Cherie Barber’s Tiny Home. (Premiere, PGl) 5.00 9News
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) The team help a single mum declutter her home.
8.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde. (2001, PGls, R) A ditzy blonde enrols in a prestigious law school to woo her ex-boyfriend. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair.
10.30 MOVIE: Magic Mike’s Last Dance. (2023, Mls) Channing Tatum.
12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 Let’s Eat With George. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Hosted by Neale Whitaker and Andrew Winter. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. (s, R) TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 9.30 Matlock. (PGals, R) Matty and Sarah pose as family to gather information at a senior living facility facing a wrongful death suit. 10.30 Elsbeth. (Mv, R) A plastic surgeon is found dead. 11.30 FBI. (Mv, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Beyond Oak Island. 2.20 Ten Year Old Tom. 2.50 Celebrity Mastermind. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.50 Late Life Lesbians. 6.45 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Steven Spielberg: The New Hollywood Prodigy. 9.35 The Hunt For Hitler. 10.25 Hudson & Rex. 12.05am The X-Files. 3.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.30pm Tiddler. 3.55 Children’s Programs. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Kids BBQ Championship. 8.10 Chopped Junior. 8.55 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.40 Speechless. 10.00 Officially Amazing Goes Bunkers. 10.30 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
6am Eat Wheaties! (2020, PG) 7.40 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 10.00 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. (1975, M) 12.25pm Silverado. (1985, M) 2.50 The Final Countdown. (1980, PG) 4.45 Earth To Echo. (2014, PG) 6.25 Charade. (1963, PG) 8.30 Barry Lyndon. (1975, M) Midnight Secretary. (2002, MA15+) 2.00 Ferocious Wolf. (2023,
MOVIE: Trapeze. (1956, PG) 4.45 Rugby Union. Super W. Round 1. Western Force v Brumbies. 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 3. Western Force v Queensland Reds. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45 MOVIE: The Mechanic. (1972, M) 11.45 Late Programs. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am MOVIE: L.O.L. Surprise! The Movie. (2021) 7.00 Children’s Programs.
Sunday, March 2
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens. (R) 3.30 Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris To Istanbul. (PGn, R) 4.15 Extraordinary Escapes. (PGl, R) 5.00 This Is Going To Be Big. (PG, R)
6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. (PG) The mentors evaluate the teams.
8.30 The Newsreader. (Madl) Helen is blindsided by a front-page story revealing her history of mental health struggles.
9.25 Love Me. (MA15+s) Glen and Peter rescue Aaron from a drunken night out.
10.20 MOVIE: Cosi. (1996, Ml, R) Ben Mendelsohn.
11.55 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal, R)
12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.05 Australia Remastered. (R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Love Your Home And Garden With Alan Titchmarsh. (PGa, R) 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Range Of Motion. (R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 1. Day 2. 5.00 Heroines. (Premiere) 5.30 Hitler: Decoding A Dictator.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Ancient Greece By Train: Athens. Professor Alice Roberts explores Greece.
8.25 Emperor: Rise And Fall Of A Dynasty. (Mav) Looks at Livia, who comes to regret the scheming that put her son Tiberius on the throne.
9.20 Legends Of The Pharaohs: Nefertiti, The Beauty Becomes Queen. (Ma, R) Takes a look at Nefertiti.
10.20 Great British Landmark Fixers: Manchester Town Hall. (R) 11.15 Elvis’ Women. (Mas, R)
2.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 3.30 Employable Me (UK) (MA15+l, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.45pm Gardening Australia Junior. 5.00 Peppa Pig. 5.10 Octonauts And The Ring Of Fire. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.15 Speechless. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs.
2.10pm Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 3.10 Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 4.25 Black As. 4.30 Carpool Koorioke. 4.40 MOVIE: Amazing Grace. (2018) 6.10 News. 6.20 Queer & Here. 6.50 Great Lakes Wild. 7.20 First Horse. 7.30 Murder In Big Horn. 8.30 Te Puna Ora: The Source Of Life. 9.55 MOVIE: Bones Of Crows. (2022, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs. NITV (34)
6am Morning Programs. 1.20pm VICE. 2.15 Rites Of Passage. 2.45 Jeopardy! 4.50 ABC World News Tonight. 5.20 PBS Washington Week. 5.45 Domino Masters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 10.10 WWE Legends. 11.45 Hoarders. 12.30am The X-Files. 4.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.
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6am
Charade. (1963, PG) 8.05 Mr Holland’s Opus. (1995, PG) 10.40 All The President’s Men. (1976) 1.10pm Whina. (2022, PG, Maori) 3.15 Sissi. (1955, German) 5.15 Eat Wheaties! (2020, PG) 6.55 Bran Nue Dae. (2009, PG) 8.30 Fame. (1980, M) 11.00 Sira. (2023, French) 1.15am Shiva Baby. (2020, M) 2.40 Barry Lyndon. (1975, M)
Monday, March 3
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. (PG, R) 10.25 MOVIE: They Shall Not Grow Old. (2018, Ma, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 Simply Nigella. (R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Australian Story. Presented by Leigh Sales.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.35 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas. 10.40 ABC Late News.
10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Planet America. (R) 11.40 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 12.10 Grand Designs. (Ml, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PGs, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. H’lights. 1.30 Cycling. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. H’lights. 2.30 Air Crash Investigations: Special Report. (PGa, R) 3.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted by Ricki-Lee Coulter and Scott Tweedie.
8.40 The Hunters: The Car Bomb And The Underworld War. (Madv) Takes a look at the murder of John Furlan in 1998 by a car bomb, a crime which has never been solved.
10.15 Murder In The Outback: The Falconio And Lees Mystery. (Mdlv, R) Takes a look at Bradley Murdoch’s guilty verdict.
12.15 Friday Night Lights. (Madsv, R)
1.15 Travel Oz. (R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 10.30 DVine Living. 11.00 I Escaped To The Country. Noon Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Steam Train Journeys. 4.30 I Escaped To The Country. 5.30 Escape To The Country.
8.30
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGals)
8.45 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
9.45 9News Late.
10.15 See No Evil: Body In The Barrel. (Mav)
11.15 The First 48: The Standoff. (Malv) 12.05 World’s Greatest Myths And Mysteries. (PGa, R)
1.00 Destination WA. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Customs. (PG, R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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Morning Programs. 8.30
9.30
6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 Australian Survivor. (PGl) Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia. 8.30 Matlock. (PGl) Tensions escalate when Shae collaborates with Olympia’s team, investigating stolen trade secrets at a tech startup. 9.30 FBI. (Mv) Jubal must search for the truth when his long-time confidential informant brings intel of an impending large-scale terror attack. 11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
Journey. 9.00
10.00 Getaway. 10.30
Favorite Martian. 11.00 Skippy. 11.30 MOVIE: She’ll Have To Go. (1962, PG) 1.30pm MOVIE: The Lone Gun. (1954, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: The Horse Soldiers. (1959) 5.30 NRL Sunday Footy: Las Vegas Post-Match. 6.00 Customs. 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Gran Torino. (2008, M) 10.55 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs.
1.15pm MOVIE: In The Heights. (2021, PG) 4.00 Young Sheldon. 5.30 MOVIE: The Lego Movie. (2014, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Black Adam. (2022, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Sons Of Summer. (2023, MA15+) 11.45 Gotham. 12.40am Arrow. 2.30 Surfing Aust. 3.00 Beyblade X. 4.00 Bakugan. 4.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures.
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up. (R) 9.05 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.15 Legacy List. (PG) 9.45 Victorian House Of Arts And Crafts. (R) 10.55 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGal, R) 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (PGadln, R) 3.05 Shepherdess. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Sicily With Michael Portillo. (PGaw)
8.25 Dan Snow’s Greatest Discoveries: Terracotta Army. (Return) Dan Snow travels to China.
9.25 Inside Sydney Airport: Holiday Surge. (PGal, R) Christmas brings extra challenges.
10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Wisting. (Malsv) 12.25 A French Case. (Mav, R) 2.20 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. (Ml, R) 2.50 Employable Me (UK) (Mal, R) 3.55 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 10.30 Oscars Red Carpet. (PG) 11.00 The Oscars. (PGalv) 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) Presented by Bradley Walsh. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted by Ricki-Lee Coulter and Scott Tweedie, with judges Amy Shark, Kyle Sandilands and Marcia Hines. 9.10 Suits L.A. (Mav) Ted needs Amanda’s help with a new prosecutor in Lester’s murder trial. Erica tries to stop Rick from poaching a client. Stuart and Samantha argue over Rick’s position in the firm.
10.10 The Oscars. (PGalv, R) From the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. 2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. (PGals, R) 1.45 Innovation Nation. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The couples head to Byron Bay. 9.00 Footy Classified. (Return, Ml)
A team of footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues and controversies. 10.00 9News Late.
10.30 The Life And Murder Of Nicole Brown Simpson. (Mav) 11.30 The Equalizer. (MA15+v, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Australian Survivor. (PGl) Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia. 8.40 NCIS: Sydney. (Mv, R) A glitzy tech launch turns into a disaster, leaving half of the NCIS team trapped underground. 9.40 NCIS. (Mv, R) Torres finds himself in prison as the team tries to stop an impending terror attack.
10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05
Lovers’ Guide. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 Underground Worlds. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. (1979, M) 10.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.45 Forged In Fire. 11.35 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 6.55 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 The Crystal Maze. 9.25 Street Science. 9.50 Merlin. 10.35 Late Programs.
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Tuesday, March 4
ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Optics. (Ml, R) 11.00 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.
1.00 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 Simply Nigella. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent.
8.30 The Role Of A Lifetime. (PG) Kate Ritchie and Nazeem Hussain look at parenting.
9.20 Queerstralia: Community And Belonging. (Malns, R) Looks at how queer people must jostle for space.
10.25 The ABC Of. (Ml, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.25 Four Corners. (R) 12.10 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.25 Q+A. (R) 1.25 Grand Designs. (Ml, R) 2.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Cook Up. (R) 9.10 Legacy List. (PG) 9.40 Victorian House Of Arts And Crafts. (R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (Mal, R) 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. (PGaw, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Douglas To Port Erin. (PGa, R)
8.30 Insight. (Return) Presented by Kumi Taguchi.
9.30 Dateline: Singapore’s Toughest Prison. (Return) Adam Liaw goes inside Changi Prison. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Guillaume’s Paris. (R) 11.30 Prisoner. (MA15+av) 12.40 Fargo. (Malv, R) 2.25 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. (R) 3.20 Employable Me (UK) (PGal, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted by Ricki-Lee Coulter and Scott Tweedie, with judges Amy Shark, Kyle Sandilands and Marcia Hines.
9.10 The Hunting Party. (M) The team races to stop Roy Barber, also known as the Couples Killer, before he strikes again.
10.10 The Irrational. (Mav) Alec and Marisa investigate a museum heist.
12.10 Sun, Sea And Surgery. (MA15+a, R)
1.10 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The couples’ retreat continues. 9.00 Madam. (MA15+ls) Following Toby’s medical scare, Mack steps back from the brothel.
10.20 Footy Classified. (Return, Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 11.20 9News Late.
11.45 The Equalizer. (Mav, R)
12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Building Ideas. (PG) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Australian Survivor. (PGl) Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia. 8.45 NCIS. (Mv) The NCIS stages a fake wedding for two of its own in an attempt to take down the mob. 10.35 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 1.25pm VICE. 2.00 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 2.55 Queer Sports. 3.45 News. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 Underground Worlds. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dark Side Of Reality TV. 10.20 Black Comedy In America. 12.10am Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 1.00 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.
7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Deadly 60. 9.10 Foxes: Their Secret World. 10.00 Merlin. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm Black As. 2.00 The Casketeers. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 The Real Stories Of Basketball. 8.25 Yarning Culture Through Film. 8.35 Ice Vikings. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. (Return) 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.30 MOVIE: Mekko. (2015, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs. NITV (34)
6am
Sirocco. Continued. (1951, PG) 6.50 Whina. (2022, PG, Maori) 8.55 Sissi: The Young Empress. (1956, PG, German) 10.55 Shiva Baby. (2020, M) 12.20pm Fame. (1980, M) 2.45 Bran Nue Dae. (2009, PG) 4.20 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 6.20 From Here To Eternity. (1953, PG) 8.30 Amadeus. (1984, M) 11.30 Iron Sky 2. (2019, M) 1.10am Clean. (2021, MA15+) 2.45 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek
Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The 14. (1973, PG) 5.30 Filthy Garden SOS. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 9.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 11.40
Wednesday, March 5
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Q+A. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 2.55 Simply Nigella. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG)
8.30 Optics. (Final, Ml) A clown car disaster creates headaches.
9.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) (PG, R) Presented by Guy Montgomery.
9.45 Planet America.
10.20 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)
10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 Gold Diggers. (Mls, R) 12.15 Grand Designs. (R) 1.05 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Abbott Elementary. (Premiere) 9.25 Doctor Who. 10.55 Late Programs.
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG) 9.40 Britain’s Biggest Dig. (PGal, R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. (PGaw, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.45 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Australia: An Unofficial History. (l) Looks at Australia in the 1970s. 8.35 The Jury: Murder Trial UK. (Mal) The defence argue John was provoked.
9.30 Rogue Heroes. (MA15+) Mayne leads the SAS into Augusta.
10.35 SBS World News Late.
11.05 Blackwater. (Premiere, MA15+alv) 12.15 My Brilliant Friend. (Mlv, R) 3.20 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. (PGal, R) 3.50 Employable Me (UK) (PGal, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am From Here To Eternity. Continued. (1953, PG) 7.10 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 9.10 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015,
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav)
7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG) Hosted by Lee Mack. 8.30 The Front Bar. (Return, Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
9.30 Full Sweat. (Premiere, M)
A behind-the-scenes look at the Hawthorn Football Club’s pre-season training, as they prepare for the 2025 AFL season.
11.00 Autopsy USA: John Wayne. (Return, Ma) 12.00 Covert Affairs. (Mv, R)
2.00 To Be Advised.
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG)
3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6.00 9News.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 8.30 Elsbeth. (Ma) Elsbeth suspects foul play after a posh country club wedding ends in the golf cart death of the hapless groom. 9.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mav) The NCIS discovers a disturbing secret when a marine is murdered during training on the island. 10.25 10’s Late News. 10.50 The Project. (R) 11.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.15pm Cryptoland. 3.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.45 News. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 Underground Worlds. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Kimi. (2022, MA15+) 10.10 Am I Being Unreasonable? (Return) 11.55 Girl, Taken. 1.40am Letterkenny. 3.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31)
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The couples have two dinner parties in one night.
9.00 Big Miracles. (Mam) A woman undergoes her last IVF treatment.
10.00 9News Late.
10.30 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R) 11.30 The Equalizer. (MA15+av, R)
12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Your Next Cruise. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
Ask these questions of election candidates
Congratulations and thank you to the Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula on the excellent federal election candidate forum held on 14 February in Mornington.
Southern Women’s Action Network (SWAN) was very pleased to attend and hear all candidates acknowledging the critical issue of the housing and homelessness crisis on the Mornington Peninsula.
The plight of our homeless, the lack of social housing and the unfairness of housing affordability is a huge problem both for our business sector trying to attract a stable well-trained workforce, and for our community support organisations trying to find homes for people in desperate need of shelter.
The solutions to this crisis are known. It requires good leadership and hard work by our elected representatives at all levels of government. It is very clear and was emphasised by the CFMP and others that the Mornington Peninsula is not getting its fair share of federal funding. Our urgent need for new affordable housing, the provision of social housing and support for our homeless have been overlooked by successive governments for far too long.
When you meet any federal election candidates – at a street stall, door knocking, via a phone call, at events – ask them stridently the following questions:
Will you commit to:
n funding a replacement for the peninsula’s only crisis accommodation, The Ranch?
n a considerable increase in the funding of our three local community support centres to assist with their escalating case-loads?
n as an urgent priority, providing significant funding of social housing projects in our local area?
Answers to the above questions will tell you a lot about a candidate that genuinely cares about our local area and will work hard to make our community a better place to live work and raise a family.
Lyn Jones, Southern Women’s Action Network committee member
Which laws?
The Frankston Council scrapping the Lords Prayer at the beginning of council meetings without it being agreed to by the Frankston people is yet another woke policy being implemented to undermine the Christian faith.
In the article (Prayer Scrapped, The Times 11/2/25) it does not state if the law "Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act" was based on a United Nation Convention, a state law or a federal law.
Where is the human rights of Frankston people being affected by the reading of the Lords Prayer at the beginning of council meetings?
The council should have letter dropped a leaflet to ask the opinion of the Frankston people and if they said that wanted the prayer remain then the council should have put a case to the Human Rights Commission for a exemption and use the responses to the leaflet drop as an argument for the exception.
This law is a woke policy which has come about by multiculturalism and the immigration policies of the Labor and Liberal parties which have imported other religions into Australia especially the Muslim religion.
The Frankston Council should rethink their position and give the Frankston people a say how the council meetings will be run and if the Lords Prayer should remain and then go to the Human Rights Commission for a exemption. Russell Morse, Karingal
Witnessing an extinction
A thin green line of local environmentalists have been bearing witness to the destruction of endangered Coast Banksia Woodland at historic Groves Reserve on recent mornings.
There was no mention of removing these trees at consultation sessions for the proposed Level Crossing Removals last year.
We were alerted only when members saw large, probably pre-white settlement banksias
marked for removal a fortnight ago.
This seems unnecessary as LXRP maps indicate the Groves land is not needed for the proposed new elevated railway line. Rather, LXRP’s construction partner Acciona has decided to run a shared use path and services (now in the rail reserve) through Groves Reserve.
Acciona seems not to understand the environmental significance of this endangered Coast Banksia Woodland Ecological Vegetation Class remnant.
They seem to think they are improving the reserve by cutting down the old banksias and replacing them with new “non-native” trees.
We appealed to our five locally-based government ministers, most of whom referred the matter to the Environment Minister, Steve Dimopoulos, who has not replied to our letters.
We are still hoping the few remaining banksias, including some of the oldest, can be saved and the Coast Banksia Woodland restored.
Otherwise, this will be the worst environmental disaster any of us can remember in Kingston. It shows what happens when state government removes council and state planning controls, fails to inform or consult the community and hands responsibility for environmental management of a conservation reserve to a Big Build contractor.
Groves Reserve was donated to the City of Chelsea for recreation purposes by Frank Groves MP, the first Mayor of Carrum, in the 1920s.
Thanks to the members of Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League, Kingston Conservation and Environment Coalition, Environment Victoria (South East) and Kingston Residents Association for bearing witness.
And this newspaper for their coverage.
Trevor Shewan, President, Kingston Residents Association
Vote splitting
With an election looming on the horizon, is it too much to ask for a bit of integrity in what is written into the letters pages.
Two things I have always tried to do with my letters is show respect for the opinions of others and where possible, use facts to get my point across.
That being said, I also expect others to do the same and not misrepresent my opinions or the facts put forward by others. In last weeks letters (Independent, Letters 18/02/25) Ross Hudson quotes statistics from a couple of other letter writers in his letter, such as the voting percentages of the independents.
He wrote “the independents share their vote between the Labor and the coalition”. So what were the figures from Lenzo’s letter that he was quoting? Liberal 41%, Labor 53% and the Greens 55%.
Looks like somewhere between the armchair and the computer Mr Hudson dropped the piece of paper with the Greens name on it.
M. G. Free, Mt Martha
Biased media
I’m reply to Cliff Ellen (Nightly news, Letters 18/2/25). I 100% agree with you that network 7 9 and 10 have been to pro Liberals for years while find anything to make Labor look bad.
It is known that these networks are owned by Liberal supporters, just like most of the newspapers that are owned by Murdoch, a well known Liberal supporter.
It makes sense that you read the papers and they’re all pro Liberal reports and we can’t forget Sky which is also pro Liberal.
These networks also avoid bring up Liberal mistakes, like Robodebt which they knew was illegal and cost stress and people lives.
Don’t forget the trillion dollar debt the Liberals put Australia in but Dutton is trying to convince you that they are better with the economy than Labor.
Wake up these networks and papers driven by self interest to get the Liberals elected at any cost.
Kerrie McCoy, Dromana
Getting noticed
Thank you Graeme Burrowes (Laugh and the world..., Letters 18/2/25). It is nice to be noticed and know that my letters are being read.
Ross Hudson, Mount Martha
The
last nail?
Has the last nail been driven into the coffin of democracy? Labor’s deal with the Coalition in a record short timeline with little debate and a quick “Yes” vote on political donations and spending caps is the only thing the political duopoly have been able to agree on for a long, long time other than the politics of fear.
If this is not rescinded after the next election we are condemned forever to the “democratic dictatorship” where we are allowed to vote every once in a while to just elect the next “democratic dictatorship”.
It is more important than ever to vote Independent with all indications pointing to a minority government. Political donations and spending caps? YES! Truth in political advertising even before the election period? YES! It will never happen with the political duopoly making sure our democratic choice is stymied. Independents will hold any government to account and keep them from running amok, with a minority government they balance the books on the democratic process.
This sham has little to do with political donations and spending caps. It puts anyone other than the “democratic dictatorship duopoly” at a great disadvantage. It puts us on a path to, ultimately, a Trumpism model of “democracy”. It takes away our ability to elect anyone other than the power hungry political machines grinding us into dust in the political outback.
Hilda McLeod, Dromana
Immigration
The next question is from Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie who asks: “The PM promised he would halve migration numbers. Instead he is bringing 1.8 million more people to Australia over five years during a housing crisis with higher rents and fewer homes being built. Why won’t the prime minister apologise for his weak leadership and wrong priorities”?
Peter Dutton has articulated various positions on Australia’s immigration policy. May 2024: proposed reducing the permanent migration program by 45,000 places. If every permanent migration category were reduced to zero, they would have to deny 14,840 Australians and New Zealanders entry.
December 2023: Albanese government released a ten-year strategy aiming to reduce Australia’s annual net migration intake to 250,000 by June 2025. 110,954 are permanent vias which means cutting to 250,00 which means a big cut to billions of dollars revenues and about 500,000 jobs.
I suggest these people revisit my letter (445,600 Immigrants?, Letters 4/2/25). Blaming migration for the lack of housing supply oversimplifies a complex issue and detracts from the systemic solutions needed to resolve it.
I challenge The Sustainable Future Association, The Liberal Party and the Labor Party and also other all anti-immigrationists to reply to the data with a clear and concise proposal to reach their goals.
You can bet that’s not going to happen because they do not have a clue how to do it and just enjoy kicking a political football around the field. Imagine something improbable, then feed off the controversy. Doubt is the great divider and does not have to be true or based on fact.
I have been challenging the anti-immigrationists for at least a decade to provide their numbers to this dilemma. None have done so!
Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
Power to the people
America seems reluctant to take our exports of aluminium and steel, leaving a lot of our production with nowhere to go if it happens.
Simultaneously, we have an enormous shortage of houses; construction material deficits being a big part of the problem.
Steel frame and concrete house construction has been around for decades. It is evolutionary and quite feasible that we stop using wood for house frames.
It would not be too difficult to draw up standards and techniques for steel frame add-on modules and components to quickly build a multitude of solid houses everywhere. Government could assist or even instigate.
We could use all of that surplus steel and possibly export it to America in a new form: pre-fab house modules.
Aluminium, too, might be used for cladding, roofing, window frames, fencing.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants Australian industry to happen, or so he says, and here is a very good opportunity to start some beneficial large scale manufacturing.
Don’t stop at houses, this is just the tip of the iceberg of things we could manufacture, especially if we followed America’s lead on tariffs in this apparently new world economic system.
But wait! You need lots and lots of fairly cheap electricity to power up industry on this scale. You can’t run all of those arc welders, presses, furnaces and factories on two hour batteries or puffs of wind when the weather is very sub-optimal; nor can industry afford the extremely high price of renewable electricity as it is now, even with subsidies mostly for the voters.
So, forget industry, wealth in lieu of debt, houses, creativity, innovation,industrial might and power. It can never be done.
Unless we go nuclear in the absence of coal.
Brian
A Mitchelson, Mornington
Eyes wide shut?
Antisemitism and homeless, our daily news, the latter understandable (up to a point) by way of millionaires stuffing up the market. But why religion, why not skin colour, sexuality, country of origin? Do we live among ratbags? it’s got me tossed.
Cliff Ellen, Rye
Heat pumps
Your articles under the banner Repower Mornington Peninsula are timely because of the government rebates available and the savings that can be made getting off gas.
Having recently replaced our old gas hot water service with a heat pump, I can vouch for the advice and information in the article (Heat pump hot water wipes hundreds off energy bills, The News 18/2/25).
Our gas bills in recent times have been astronomical mainly due to heating. Using split system heat pumps to replace the ducted gas and another heat pump to heat the hot water has saved over $1000 per year – and the house is on the small side.
I am staggered how efficient the new heat pumps are. Together with government rebates, the units should pay for themselves in around five years.
While the induction hob is not so much of a financial saving, it is a delight to use, especially to clean and so much healthier and safer.
In the same way we look back at heating our living rooms and hot water with briquettes as obsolete, I am sure in a few years we will think the same about gas.
Ray Peck, Hawthorn
Best sandwich applauded
Some time ago I thought about submitting a letter complaining about all the whingers who monopolise these pages, but then I realised that by having a whinge about the whingers I would only be contributing to the whingefest.
Imagine my surprise upon reading Lance Rickard’s letter (Best sandwich, Letters 18/2/25) where he declared he had ordered a toasted pastrami sandwich with pickles and cheese from a sandwich bar in Mornington, and he stated the sandwich was the best he had ever eaten.
Mr. Rickard is completely out of kilter in making such a statement, and will be widely condemned, but for my part, I heartily applaud his cheery positivity.
Reading his letter was like gazing upon a field of sunflowers.
Tony Nemaric, Somerville
Friday Night’s Sudden Storm - High velocity wind and dust
Compiled by Cameron McCullough SHORTLY after seven o’clock on Friday night last, a storm of more than average violence swept over Frankston.
During the afternoon the heavy clouds presaged that an abnormal change in the weather was imminent, but beyond an occasional shower, nothing transpired until later, as already stated.
Then, and almost without premonition, the storm burst in all its fury. Dust, which had been lying dormant for days, was swept along the thoroughfares of usually peaceful Frankston; doors in houses banged in unison; open windows rattled ominously and cleanly people rushed to close them.
The gale continued to increase in velocity, then, above the turmoil that raged in the heavens, the fire bell rang. No, the members of the local corps were not again testing it on the new tower as they had done the previous evening – it was a real fire this time, the glare of a conflagration over in the direction of Oliver’s Hill, confirmed the alarm which had been sounded.
Inquiries promptly elicited through “The Standard’s” source of intelligence, gleaned the information that a portion of the scrub near Plummer’s Avenue, was ablaze, which, however, the brigade managed to quell before much damage had been done.
Following a series of minor mishaps, consumers of electric current, who had switched on the light, found that it had failed, and many places were plunged into a seeming abyss of darkness.
Oil lamps and candles were brought into requisition, and as of yore, did yeoman service.
Subsequently the telephone service –
far from being what it should be at any time – became disorganised, and any attempt to obtain a connection was, for the most part, doomed to failure.
About 4am (Saturday) the gale, which had been fluctuating from low to high pressure, reached its zenith.
Truly, the storm of its kind, and in consequence of an unexpected violence, may be classed as having been phenomenal.
***
Midnight Chase at Frankston. Local Police Pursue Motorists.
“Beer, beer, glorious beer,” but this time it was gin. Late on Monday night last, gin bottles hurled to the road and footpath from a Melbourne-bound motor car, as it sped through Frankston, resulted in a 60-mile-an-hour chase, which ended at midnight in a capture at Cheltenham.
Senior-Constable Elliott, on duty, lost no time in obtaining a six-cylinder Buick from the Frankston Motor Garage, and then the fun started.
It was a race for life after the vanishing car – a Buick four. A short distance past the Carrum bridge, over which flashed the members of the “blue brigade” at 55 miles an hour, the offending party was overtaken.
As the front car slewed across the roadway, a smash was narrowly averted.
At Cheltenham the first car stopped suddenly with engine seizure, through, it is surmised, overheating.
Two men and two women were in the car. The men were detained, and the names of the women taken.
At the Frankston Court yesterday, as reported elsewhere in this issue, a series of alleged charges were preferred
against the men.
The two women will be proceeded against by summons.
*** Tempus fugit.
The superior and would-be intelligence of some of our civic fathers, especially those who have been in oflice for a period of years, and should know better than to blatantly contend that they are making assertions, and citing authorities in accordance with fact, occasionally baffles description.
Alternatively, it is pleasing to record that in so far as the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council is concerned, there are younger and more mentally robust councillors in whom the ratepayers, as a whole, may, at all times, place implicit confidence in relation to discerning wherein the hitherto flawless element (so deemed) prevails.
In this paramount regard, and treating or analysing the subject under review from it the purely impartial standpoint, as well as in the public interests – seeing it is “John Citizen” who is called upon to pay the piper – we desire to allude to quite recent happenings at the Council table.
In short, last Monday night a special meeting was held with the object of further discussing the new appointments to be created in the office staff personnel.
A full and authentic report of the proceedings was duly published in Wednesday’s issue of “The Standard.”
To those who carefully perused the report in question, it must have appealed to them that the debate which ensued was of a somewhat fluctuating kind, even in the abstract.
Previously, a committee, consisting of Crs. Alden, McCulloch and Wells, went
into the matter of the Municipal Log pertaining to creating a combined position as Shire Secretary and Engineer, likewise other offices.
This triple entente met in conclave, when, as it later transpired, they ascertained that if a combined office were established in the direction as indicated aforesaid, the salary would be £555 per annum, plus 50 per cent., namely, £832 per year.
Hence, finding themselves between the devil and the deep sea, metaphorically speaking, they decided to convene a special meeting of their confreres-inoffice.
In the early stages of this sitting, Cr. Bradbury maintained that from an authoritative source, he had gleaned the information whereby, under the 1923 Log the services of a combined officer could be obtained for the sum of £555 per annum.
The president (Cr. May) interpolated with the remark: “That puts a different complexion on the matter,” but Cr McCulloch averred that the committee had “gone very carefully into the subject of the Log.” Further; Cr. Alden said: “We’ve got the Log here right enough. It is official; Cr. Bradbury’s is not official.”
The Tyabb representative was evidently indignant at the idea of Mt. Eliza’s energetic councillor having taken the precaution of probing the issue at stake, for he added: “He had no authority to go seeking information.”
We feel confident that the ratepayers will applaud the action of Cr. Bradbury, for since then he and Crs. Pratt and Miles have made exhaustive and timely investigations into the actual ruling of the latest Municipal Log, to which
Cr. Bradbury referred at the special meeting.
It has now been conclusively proved that the salary in a dual capacity is £555, and that the document, erroneously quoted by Cr. Alden and supported by Cr. McCulloch, was the original claim.
Truly “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” but, apparently, in the hands of Crs. Alden and McCulloch it spells disaster; is a hopeless waste of valuable time, perpetuates the prevailing mania for lengthy and unprofitable debates; moreover, momentarily staggers the credulity of those possessed of a forensic mind and a clear vision.
Lastly, it is the province of a Shire Secretary to advisedly direct the members of the Council when they are prone to trip over obstacles, and put them on the right path of procedure.
His lot, like that of a policeman; may not be “a happy one” – to quote the “late Gilbert – nevertheless, duty is duty.
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MR. W. E. Thomason, of Frankston, has returned home after spending a truly sporting time at Kerang, during the duck season.
Mr. Thomason, who on his trip was accompanied by his wife, travelled by motor car to Kerang, via Gisborne. He found the roads very bad all the way, and came back through Heathcote, where good roads and beautiful scenery prevail.
Mr. Thomason computed that the distance traversed, from Frankston to Kerang, was 220 miles.
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 25 & 27 Feb 1925
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MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
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One month down, two hundred and seven months
By Stuart McCullough
I’M not afraid to say it – I was wrong. In fact, I’ll go further – I was spectacularly wide of the mark and profoundly mistaken when I brazenly, if not recklessly suggested that the world order would be upended, and any sense of global stability would sink into a soup of self-inflicted chaos under President Donald Josephat Trump.
Rather than spiralling into a pit of turmoil and pettiness, we have, instead, witnessed the glorious resurrection of a once-great Nation. It’s not just what he’s done so far that’s fantastic, it’s what he’s going to do next that’s truly exciting.
Next week, President Trump will sign an Executive order banning the use of prime numbers. To those who would argue that such an action might be divisive, I would simply point out that this is impossible, as not being divisive is kind of what prime numbers are all about.
This is a move that’s long overdue – the refusal of prime numbers to play nicely with the other digits marks them out as elitist and, as such, they must be eliminated.
Granted it may have a minor effect on inconsequential things like computer programming and mathematics more broadly, but it’s a small price to pay (and either Mexico or Canada should pay it).
After the glorious triumph that was the unilateral decision to rename ‘The Gulf of Mexico’ as ‘The Gulf America’, it’s high time to take the next logical step. The song ‘Spanish Harlem’ by Ben E. King will, here forthwith be known as ‘American
Harlem’, ‘English Ham’ will now be known as ‘American Ham’ and ‘the Dutch Oven’ will be done away with completely.
By Executive Order, the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ will be replaced by a Kid Rock song. I’m not sure which Kid Rock song and I doubt that it matters.
If there was a defining issue in last year’s election, it was undoubtedly concerns over the leadership of the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. And so it was that an anxious nation was delivered the glorious news that the Board had been sacked
and President Trump had installed himself both as the Board Chair and its principal dancer. His debut performance will consist of a three-hour version of ‘YMCA’. A lot of people are saying that it’s the greatest dance routine they’ve ever had the good fortune to bear witness to, and who are we to disagree?
We can expect a complete overhaul of the performance program. Gone are ballets and operas, replaced by proper cultural pursuits like championship wrestling and hot dog eating competitions. About time.
Tired of fumbling around for the correct change? Not anymore!
After dispensing with the penny, the President’s next big move will be to abolish regular currency altogether and make a permanent shift to crypto. Sound confusing? If so, then you’re part of the problem and should immediately hand yourself in.
Golf will remain an Olympic sport.
In fact, golf will remain as the only Olympic sport and team USA will comprise of one person and one person only, Donald J. Trump. Having other countries win medals represents a serious trade imbalance that must be addressed as a matter of urgency. That’s why nations seeking to compete in the Olympics will be confronted with (naturally) an Olympic-sized tariff as a means of either evening up the competition or, preferably, eliminating it altogether.
Obviously, podiums will have to be redesigned to have one tier only (for the winner), disposing of the tiers for second and third place getters which are both unnecessary and distasteful, given that these people are, by defini-
tion, losers. One tier avoids needless waste. This is a key philosophical shift, where the new administration refuses to recognise mediocrity with the notable exception of cabinet appointments.
If you thought that annexing foreign lands would end with Canada, Panama, Greenland and Gaza, think again. Tuesday mornings will now be devoted to a lottery in which the next country to join America will be chosen.
But it’s not all take, take, take. In the interests of fairness, the administration is selling (or, at least, selling out) Ukraine by redefining notions of sovereignty to whatever takes Vladimir Putin’s fancy at the time. You may ask why I’m writing about another country. It’s often said that when America sneezes, Australia catches a cold. Or, given that we’re talking about Donald Trump, if America sneezes, Australia needs a visit to the GP and a dose of penicillin. It may well be I’m reacting to the ‘shock and awe’ of the last few weeks. But stability in government is a good thing and, dare I say it, entertainment is to be avoided. My hope is that the current madness is a phase, but it seems unlikely. There seems to be no boundary that won’t be breached, no gutter that won’t be danced in. I am now counting down the remaining one thousand four hundred and thirty days of the remaining term and crossing my fingers that there isn’t a Constitution-defying third. Here’s hoping.
stuart@stuartmccullough.com
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Langy bowlers up for the task, Rosebud wins again
By Brodie Cowburn
PROVINCIAL
LANGWARRIN and Pines remain neck-and-neck in the race for top spot after they both locked up wins last weekend.
Langwarrin defeated Baden Powell at Lloyd Park on Saturday. The Kangaroos bowled out Baden Powell for 182 to successfully defend their day one total of 263.
Opener Daniel Di Paolo was dismissed for a duck at the start of the innings - Baden Powell couldn’t recover from their poor start.
Jake Prosser starred for Langwarrin, finishing the day with figures of 6/45 off 25 overs.
Langwarrin finished the round on top of the ladder. They are six points ahead of Pines, who beat Red Hill at Eric Bell Reserve last weekend.
Pines scored 184 runs on day one of the two-day match. On day two their bowlers proved up to the task, bowling out Red Hill for 120.
Jordan Dowell and Declan Jackson each took four wickets for Pines. Pat Jackson took the remaining two wickets.
Sorrento defeated Dromana at home on Saturday. Heatherhill chased down Old Peninsula’s total of 254 with five balls left to spare at Peninsula Grammar to close out the weekend.
PENINSULA
ROSEBUD continued their winning ways against Seaford at Olympic Park last weekend.
The ladder leaders were tasked with chasing down a target of 153 on day two of their clash with Seaford. Rosebud survived a minor middle order collapse to claim a three-wicket win.
James Egan top-scored for Rosebud with 43. Skipper Patrick Nagel helped guide his side over the line with an unbeaten 31 from 64 deliveries.
Somerville fell just short of a victory against Moorooduc on Saturday.
Chasing 244 to win, Somerville was in the hunt all day. They ended up all out for 225, 19 runs short of a result.
First drop batter Jack Barbour gave his all for Somerville - he scored 87 runs.
Mornington picked up a comfortable seven-wicket win over Long Island away from home on Saturday. Mt Eliza’s comfortable win over Seaford Tigers was also confirmed on day two of their match.
DISTRICT
CARRUM battled bravely on Saturday, but couldn’t quite chase down a big target set for them by Carrum Downs.
Carrum Downs scored 270 runs on day one - Robert Johnston top scored with an unbeaten 112 from 120 deliveries.
Carrum pushed hard on day two, but couldn’t get over the line. A middle order partnership between Liam Hulett and John Mitchell was the highlight.
After 67 overs Carrum was bowled out for 259. Josh Dinger and Gordon Waterfall each took three wickets for Carrum Downs.
Balnarring were comfortable win-
ners over Flinders last weekend. Boneo and Main Ridge closed out the round with wins over Baxter and Crib Point respectively.
SUB DISTRICT
DELACOMBE Park finished up the round in first place after a dominant win over Skye at home last weekend.
On day one of their match with Skye, Delacombe Park was bowled out for 190 runs. Their bowlers ran riot on day two, preventing Skye from getting near their target.
Skye was left all out for just 95 runs on Saturday. Lucas Christides took 3/22, and Flyyn Walker, Max Sherry, and Ben Bradley Bridge took two wickets each.
NOT even a century from Old Peninsula’s Justin Grant (pictured) could secure a
Tyabb, Frankston YCW, Rye, and Tootgarook are all equal on 96 points between second and fifth spot on the ladder with two rounds left to play. Frankston YCW celebrated a comfortable win over Ballam Park on Saturday. At Ferrero Reserve, Mt Martha succumbed to defeat against Rye. Tyabb dominated Tootgarook, chasing down a paltry target of 84 with ease.
WOMENS DIV ONE
TOORADIN closed out their homeand-away season with another win last Sunday.
Tooradin will go into finals in first place after going 11-1 in the 2024/2025 season. They added another win to their record last weekend at home against Balnarring.
Aimee Melford top-scored for Tooradin with 66 runs. She helped her side reach 2/148 from their 30 overs.
Balnarring skipper Jemma Reynolds made a good start, scoring 23 from 21 balls, but her dismissal was the beginning of the end.
Balnarring was bowled out for 81 runs. The result saw them finish the season in fourth place.
Somerville head into the finals from second spot after a dominant eightwicket win over Seaford Tigers. Rye wrapped up third spot with a comfortable victory over Carrum Downs. A century from Rhiannon Hewitt helped Crib Point lock up a big win over Delacombe Park on Sunday. The Magpies finished the year in fifth spot on the ladder. The result left Delacombe Park stranded in last place.
MORNINGTON sit third on the Peninsula ladder after making Long Island's total of 130 with the loss of three wickets. Charlie Parker carried his bat through the innings finishing on 76 not out assisted by Ryan Smith on 22 not out. Picture: Alan Dillon
win against Heatherhill.
Picture: Paul Churcher
Cup clashes steal the show
SOCCER
By Craig MacKenzie
ROSEBUD v Mornington and Peninsula Strikers v Banyule City are the marquee match-ups in this weekend’s second preliminary round of the 2025 Australia Cup.
Rosebud and Strikers go in to these sudden-death ties as underdogs but they won’t make life easy for their more-fancied opponents.
Many Rosebud players have ties with Mornington having come through the club’s juniors and played in the reserves and in most instances they have moved on in order to gain senior playing time.
What an opportunity this clash presents to showcase their talent to their former club.
Remarkably 18 of Rosebud’s senior squad have been involved with Mornington at various levels.
They are: Jack Wyer, Sebastian Siegl, Louie Bisogni, Ben Symonds, Barney Johnson, Ethan Hunt, Sam Ruddy, Sean Smith, Connor Wharton, Alfie Harris, Nathan Yole, Callum Hughes, Harry Wyer, Hamish Budgen, Josh Lyall, Kai Robinson, Enzo Rosenblum and Ethan Sanderson.
Saturday’s Olympic Park tie is a potential banana skin for Adam Jamieson’s side and the Mornington gaffer was unsure of how he would approach the clash as we went to press.
“Not sure how we are going to go about this one yet as our main focus is the league,” Jamieson said.
“We have had a few injuries over the last few weeks and we need to make sure that we are all ready for March 22.”
It’s expected that Jamieson will field an under-23 squad as he has done in previous Australia Cup ties.
One player who may not be wearing a Seagulls strip is English veteran Nick McKoy who agreed terms with Mornington early last month.
It’s believed that the club is having an issue registering McKoy who was given a life ban in 2014 for match-fixing when playing with Southern Stars but later had the ban overturned.
Mornington has sought legal advice regarding the situation.
Rosebud head coach Stuart Johnson was an interested onlooker at Mornington’s friendly with Clifton Hill last weekend and welcomed the challenge of facing a much higher-ranked opponent.
“We go into the game as massive underdogs and it’s a good benchmark for our boys to see where they are in-
Young guns: Rosebud midfielders Barney Johnson (left) and Ben Symonds will line up against former club Mornington in Saturday’s big Cup tie at Olympic Park. Pictures: Darryl Kennedy
dividually,” Johnson said.
“Most importantly it’s going to be a great night for football on the peninsula with hopefully a great crowd.”
State 2 promotion hopeful Strikers are pitted against a State 1 opponent that has splashed the cash in the offseason and made it clear that it is targeting an NPL spot.
Banyule finished fourth last season and immediately embarked on a recruiting campaign that has netted a host of players with NPL experience including midfielders Nicholas Voulgaris and Evan Christodoulou, defender James Riccobene and wingers Nicholas Sette and Matt Lazaridis.
This may be the biggest test Strikers face this season and they do so without Campbell Steedman (absent) and injured duo Jamie Davidson (hamstring) and Noah Musso (ankle hairline fracture).
However news that winger Matt Harrington’s international clearance came through last week is a welcome boost for the home side.
Saturday’s midfield battle is intriguing given Strikers’ strength in that area where Wayne Gordon, Ethan Goulding, Danny Brooks and Jaiden
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Madafferi all have played at NPL level.
Strikers gaffer Scott Morrison expects a contest that will test his men to their limits.
“Banyule presents a great challenge for us and exactly what we need right before the season starts,” Morrison said.
“They have signed a lot of top NPL players and are full of quality so it’s great for us to go up against that and see where we are at.
“We will go in as strong as we can albeit that we’re missing a few through injury or being away but that also presents opportunities to boys to prove themselves in a tough game before Round 1.”
Last week Football Victoria released the official State League fixtures for 2025 and three local derbies highlight the season launch.
Round one kicks off on Friday 21 March when Chelsea and Mentone meet under lights at Edithvale Recreation Reserve at 8.30pm.
All other matches take place on Saturday 22 March: Gippsland Utd v Mornington, Baxter Park (Warragul) 3pm; Peninsula Strikers v St Kilda,
Centenary Park 3pm; Berwick City v Skye Utd, Jack Thomas Reserve 3pm; Rosebud v Frankston Pines, Olympic Park 6pm; Somerville Eagles v Springvale City, Westernport Secondary College 3pm; Monash University v Baxter, Monash University Playing Fields 3pm; Seaford Utd v Mount Martha, North Seaford Reserve 3pm; Mount Eliza v Bunyip District, Emil Madsen Reserve 3pm; Barton Utd v Aspendale, Barton Recreation Reserve, 3pm.
Last week’s friendly results: Peninsula Strikers reserves 6 (Sean Benz 2, Jack McKernan 2, Nave Yoresh, Hayden Schreck) Mount Martha 0; Endeavour Utd 3 Skye Utd 2 (Elliott Craig, Tapiwa Kufakurowa); Casey Comets 3 Chelsea 2 (Daniel Vella 2); Mornington 4 (Kieran Dover, James Kelly, Tom Wood, James Clark) Clifton Hill 0; Baxter 1 (Hassan Nazari) Middle Park 4; Gippsland Utd 9 Skye Utd 4 (Jason Nowakowski, Elliott Craig, Tapiwa Kufakurowa, Triallist); Frankston Pines 1 (Triallist) Dandenong South 4.
This week’s VPL1 round 4: Saturday 1 March
Langwarrin v Brunswick City, Law-
ton Park, 7pm
Australia Cup second preliminary round:
Saturday 1 March
Mentone v Mazenod, Darebin International Sports Centre, 3pm
Aspendale v Melton, Kingston Heath Soccer Complex, 5.30pm Burwood City v Skye Utd, Burwood East Reserve, 3pm
Peninsula Strikers v Banyule City, Saturday 1 March, Centenary Park, 12 noon
Mount Eliza v Balmoral, Saturday 1 March, Emil Madsen Reserve, 3pm Keilor Park v Baxter, Saturday 1 March, Keilor Park Recreation Reserve, 3pm Rosebud v Mornington, Saturday 1 March, Olympic Park, 6.30pm Monday 3 March
Somerville Eagles v North Caulfield, Olympic Park, 7.30pm
This week’s local friendlies (check social media to confirm kick-off times):
Saturday 1 March
Casey Panthers v Chelsea, Prospect Hill Reserve, 12 noon & 2pm Frankston Pines v Mount Martha, Monterey Reserve, 12 noon.
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